I want to read something here it s in: Luke 14:15-24

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1 I want to read something here it s in: Luke 14: And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these thing, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. 16 Then said he unto them, A certain man made a great supper and bade many: 17 And sent his servants at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now made ready. 18 And they all with one consent began to make an excuse. The first said unto him I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. 19 And another one said I have bought me five yolk of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. 20 And another said, I have married me a wife and therefore cannot come. 21 So that servant came and shewed his Lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and said bring in hither the poor, and the maimed and the halt and the blind. 22 And the servant said, Lord it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. 1

2 23 And the Lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highway and hedges and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. 24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. That is what the Lord has been dealing with me since Monday. I notice here that some say that it s the Jewish race. It says here at supper time; He sends his servants at supper time to say to them that were bidden come for all things are now ready. That is going on now. Like we said last week: this is the evening time. It is now supper time, so it pertains to the day and hour that we are now living in. So he went out and people made excuses. If you put it into today s language: nobody goes out and buys a yolk of oxen but you see they had other priorities. In today s language, people in the Hutterite colony would be saying, I have to go and build this big kitchen, or I have to go get married. That seems to be the hold back for a lot of people to move on with the Lord. There are a million of excuses that people can have today. It boils down to one thing: materialism, is more important to these people than the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. That is the next thing on God s agenda: the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. That is just up the road here. The Marriage Supper of the Lamb is: God takes you out before all hell breaks loose her on this planet. The Marriage Supper of the Lamb is the rapture. That is where you go 2

3 before the tribulation sets in. There is a way of an escape and I explained it in some detail in another conversation, but I want to talk about this invitation now. This is what the Lord has been dealing with me since Monday: now is the time it s not going to be over in a day or two or even a years or two, but the process is now being activated. We are in that time frame we can actually go out and invite people to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, and it says that they made all kinds of excuses and the Lord was angry at them. Why would you be making an excuse? Why would you not set you priorities right? He said, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and said bring in hither the poor, and the maimed and the halt and the blind. And the servant said, Lord it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the Lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highway and hedges and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. I believe from where I m coming from these Hutterites, I believe, that the Lord has been trying to deal with those preachers, the leadership there over the years: to let materialism become a secondary item, but their colony is more important. They can t let go of that power; the prestige. Their position is more important than the Lord Jesus Christ. The servants came back saying, that the people are making all kinds of excuses. They bought a yolk of oxen; they build another kitchen; another colony. They are so busy with material things. Their material 3

4 things are more important than the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. I was caught up with that to and I was just as guilty as anybody. I was more interested in materialism than towards the things of the Lord, but the Lord dealt with me and I got that invitation. I am sure I heard that: like it says here, He sent his servants at supper time to say to them that were bidden come for all things are now ready. Now is the time, we are just in the early stages of it. As time goes on that s the heart of God in this hour. He said, my tables will be full. If God s said, His table will be full, He will go out and get whoever will come. I don t know how this process is going to work but we can only do are little part. Like I said, a month ago He put this on my heart this conversation: The Marriage supper of the Lamb. Camel Train 1. T'was a day in early springtime, By an ancient wayside well, Eleazar paused to rest his camel train; He had found a bride for Isaac, As the evening shadows fell, For the weary journey had not been in vain. Chorus: O get ready evening shadows fall, Don't you hear the Eleazar call? There's going to be a wedding, our joy will soon begin,' In the evening when the camel train comes in. 2. Now he took the fair Rebecca, 4

5 Draped in jewels rich and rare, Back to Abraham and Isaac far away; Where Rebecca loved her Isaac And he loved Rebecca fair, O that must have been a happy Wedding Day. 3. Now the blessed Holy Spirit, Left the Father God above, To come down to earth to find the worthy bride; For our Isaac over yonder Has prepared his tents of love, And he wants his fair Rebecca by his side. 4. We have left our kinfolk gladly, We have bid this world good-bye, We are going to that land beyond the sky; There we'll behold our Isaac In that blest eternity, What a happy, happy wedding that will be. There is one thing that we have to realize: who we are if we don t we are going to be intimated when people make fun of us: who do they think that they are? They think they are the Bride of Christ? We have to establish in our hearts that we did not wake up one morning and decide that that is what we are going to do. The Lord had been dealing with me for years and I was miserable until I finally surrendered. I didn t know what it all pertained to but I knew one thing that I was not very happy until I found my place in Christ. Then once I found my place in Christ, 5

6 the Lord had warned me, like it says here in :Luke 14:25-30 And there went great multitudes with Him: and He turned, and said unto them, If any man come unto me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and even his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. He doesn t meat to literally hate your family but He knows the circumstances, if you read on He says, And whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? You have to count the cost before you follow the Lord, if you don t know what it is going to cost you, it s going to get pretty tight because your family is going to turn against you and then you are going to just drop everything because you are going to be intimated. It says here your father is going to be the first to knock you down when you try to follow the Lord if he is not on the same page that you are spiritually. You have to sit down and be aware that that s the price that I m going to have to pay. That is why it says if they don t become a secondary item your main trust is to just follow me and before you do there is going to be a price to pay because the devil is going to throw everything at you that he possibly can: try to humiliate you, try to intimate you. We have come through that we know what it costs and we have paid the price and we don t have to become like it reads here: Lest haply, after he hath laid the 6

7 foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. Then you become like the saying goes, the laughing stock of the county, see we counted the cost and I have seen many that have started the journey and they could not take the pressure and they became the laughing stock of the county; they compromised, they recanted and after that spiritually they didn t go nowhere. We went through all of that, we took the abuse and all of that. We cannot be intimated now. I tell myself and whosoever wants to listen, and the devil knows it and he needs to know that we will not be intimidated and we will not be mocked. We are not ashamed of Jesus Christ, and that is one of the key issues. A lot of people are ashamed of Christ, they are ashamed of ridicule, and really what it is: they are ashamed of Christ. We are not ashamed of Christ because when everything that we see around us: the whole universe was created because of Jesus Christ. There is nothing out there that is not out there because of Jesus Christ. One day He is going to be given the possession of the planet. So why should I be ashamed of someone that is so great. Cherubim, they stand before Him along with the whole angelic host. He has been given power over every devil and why should I be ashamed of Him and why should I allow myself to be intimated. There is a song here we can sing. You see we did not choose this: God predestinated it before the foundation of 7

8 the world. Many are called but few are chosen. If you are chosen, God will create situations that eventually you will surrender, that is what happen to me. I have some broken bones to prove it. The Lord allowed those things to happen to bring me to that place in Him, so I m not your ordinary guy on the street. God chose me, I did not choose Him. We will sing this song its kind of a ministry in itself. 1.Mein Jesus! der du mich zum Lustspiel ewiglich dir hast erwählet, sieh', wie dein Eigentum des grossen Bräut'gams Ruhm so gern erzählet. 2. Vernimm, wie deine Braut, darauf dein Auge schaut, zu deinen Ehren ein Lied von Zion singt, wie ihr das Herze springt, dein Lob zu mehren. 3. Zwar hör' ich deinen Hohn, du schnödes Babylon, und deiner Rotten, weil du gewohnet bist, das, was von Zion ist, nur zu verspotten. 4. Allein mein Bräutigam, der Held aus Davids Stamm, 8

9 macht sie zu Schanden; d'rum sing' ich doch dies Lied, das sie nicht gerne sieht, in ihren Landen. 5. Es kommt auch wohl ein Jahr, wenn Gott die werte Schaar gen Zion bringet, dass Zion hoch erfreut von seiner Herrlichkeit zu Zion singet. 6. Denn wahrlich, unser Gott wird uns zu ihrem Spott aus Babel führen, und die erkaufte Zahl zu Zion noch einmal die Saiten rühren. 7. Wie soll das neue Lied, dass Zion ewig blüht, alsdann erschallen, wenn es von Babel heisst, die sich jetzt selig preist: sie ist gefallen. 8. Der Bräut'gam ruft schon laut zu der geliebten Braut: ja, ja, ich komme! nunmehr verzieh' ich nicht, sei kräftig aufgericht't, du, meine Fromme! 9

10 9. Ja, komm doch, liebster Hort! und Lass dein wahres Wort nun bald ergehen; so wird die blinde Welt, die es für Torheit hält, mit Spott bestehen. 10. Und mich, die sie verlacht, wird deine grosse Macht mit Liebe decken, wenn auf dem Cherub sitz'st und aus den Wolken blitz'st, die Welt zu schrecken. 11. Ich halte fest an dir und will dich nun in mir zu bleiben zwingen; ich lasse dich nicht aus: in meiner Mutter Haus muss ich dich bringen. 12. Lass es nur bald gescheh'n, der die du hast erseh'n, dich zu verbinden; ist die Verlobung da, so muss die Hochzeit ja sich dann bald finden. 13. Jedoch, ich weiss ja wohl, was bald geschehen soll; wer mag es wehren? 10

11 was dir zu tun gefällt, das soll bald alle Welt zum Zeugnis hören. 14. Die Braut ist jetzo schon im Geist auf deinem Thron dir zu der Seiten, und macht sich schon bereit, dein Lob in Ewigkeit hoch auszubreiten. We can sing these songs in spirit and in truth. Jesus said to that woman at the well, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4: You don t have to be in a community to worship God in spirit and in truth. We, the 2 of us, 5 of us, can worship Him wherever we are at. We can with these songs worship Him in spirit and in truth. I know that there are a lot of people that sing these songs but they cannot sing them in spirit and in truth. They sing it because it s a nice song, but they cannot sing it in spirit or in truth. 11

12 In order to do that you have to meet the condition. There is a preparation that you have to go through. There is a preparation period for the Bride to go through, in order, to be part of the Bride of Christ: you have to recognize that God sent a Prophet in this hour, in this Laodicean Church Age, and that Prophet was William Marrion Branham. I know a lot of people they do not believe it. They make fun of it but that is the key. God had a Messenger for every Chuch Age. We are in the last one. That Messenger was Malachi 4: 5-6: Behold I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. In order, to be part of that Bride you have to recognize that God did send a Messenger. That Messenger was William Branham, it wasn t Joseph Smith, it wasn t these want-to-be s, and non of these that try to portrait themselves to be one of him. The devil could not stop him from coming but he can put up all these phoneys that people don t know which one is the right one. That is the first thing that you have to recognize and then you have to realize and what he taught us. In that song, This is the Evening time, it says, there is darkness throughout the land, this world just does not understand, a prophet has walked this land, preparing a way to God. If you would be saved today then follow the words he gave, this is the evening time. This is the key, that is the first thing that you have to recognize: God sent a Prophet and then the next things is: you have to go get Baptized in Christian Baptism: In the 12

13 name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Baptism means by emersion and you have to do it in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ - Not in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost and not by pouring or sprinkling. Whoever will be in that Bride will prepare him/herself and follow these steps to be part of the Bride. There is a difference between the Bride and the guests. When Rebecca went with Eliezer there was a wedding at evening time. There were not just Isaac and Rebecca at that wedding. This is what you would called the setting of the wedding, there is not just the Bride and the Groom there, there are also the guests. What good would it be for a wedding and nobody would come: it would be very disrespectful and dishonourable to the Bride and Groom if their invitation would not be accepted - How much more so with the Lord. At the wedding of Rebecca and Isaac there were a lot of people there. She took her maidens along and she took along quite a few people. If you read the story you would think that its just Isaac and Rebecca, but there were a lot of people there. We know from our weddings that there are quite a few people that get invited. Let us say that you are getting married and nobody came to your wedding to celebrate it, it would be strange. It is the same with the Lord, He has a Bride and He has prepared that Bride. It say, his wife had made herself ready: Revelations 19:7. This is in process right now, and one day it will no longer be the Bride; it will be His wife. It s not necessarily a wife it is just the way the 13

14 scriptures portray it to be. It is like a wedding. The highest calling is to be in that Bride of Christ. There is lots in that. The Bride will rule and reign in the Millennium, with Jesus Christ, when Jesus comes to earth to set up His government. Right now, He is testing people and the Bride is getting herself ready. This subject here is not so much about the Bride. Of course we will be ridiculed, but as the song goes, Satan Welt und ihren Rotten, kennen mir nichts mehr hier, tun all meiner spotten, lass sie spotten lass sie lachen, Gott mein heil wirt in eil, Sie zu schanden machen. This song here we sang pertains to the same thing, Zwar hör' ich deinen Hohn, du schnödes Babylon, und deiner Rotten, weil du gewohnet bist, das, was von Zion ist, nur zu verspotten. The key here is not to let yourself be intimidated and get chased off. We know who we are. God chose us before the foundation of the world. We just happened to find our place. Sure people will say, Oh, I know that guy, I know a lot of stuff about him. They only thing that I know about myself is: I was a sinner and the Lord saved me; that is the only thing that I am interested in. That s all I need to know about myself, I needed a Saviour. I needed Salvation and the Lord saved me and gave me Eternal Life. That is all I care about. Let them know who I was in the past, that doesn t affect me. What can wash away my sin nothing but the blood of Jesus. What can make me whole again, nothing but the blood of Jesus. 14

15 That is why Jesus came for us to get rid off our sins: to stand clean and holy before Him. You will never stand clean and holy before people, even Jesus himself they found fault with. If they couldn t find anything they lied. They will do the same thing here. I m saying this so you and I will not be intimidated and to let the devil and his thugs know that they cannot intimate us. You know how people look at us, they know us and they look at us in a mocking way, but that does not bother me. I am proud of what God has called me to be. I did not choose it: He called us. There is another thing that I want to go into. I want to differentiate between the bride and the guest that had not on a wedding garment. I only saw that until recently, it wasn t the Bride that did not have a wedding garment on but the guest. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying,tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my failings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise. And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. (See this is what we are up against: the slaying part, the mocking part) But when the king heard thereof, he was 15

16 wroth: and he spent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. It s about the guests here, God wants for Jesus Christ, to have this marriage and He wants guests there. Like I said earlier, what is the point in having a wedding and having no guests. I want to point out that there is a difference between the Bride and the Guests. And when the king came in to see the guest, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he saith uno him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away,and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen. Matthew 22:2-14 You know if you are invited to a wedding you still have certain conditions to meet: first you have to be invited, and then the next thing is you prepare yourself, you take a shower, and you dress your Sunday best. I m putting it into todays world, let s say you work at the pig barn and you come from there directly to the wedding and people will kick you out, because you don't fit the picture, but this here is spiritual. This has nothing to do with an outer garment, 16

17 because if you read it carefully throughout the scriptures, back in Zephaniah 1:8 That I will punish the princes, and the king s children and all such as are clothed with a strange apparel. Your garment is your revelation, you have to have a revelation for the day and hour that we are living in. Those wedding guest, if you read it in another translation, it says the king came in with a light, and the light is the Word of God. You still have to line up with the scripture, You still have to recognize, first of all, the hour that we are living in. Every Church Age had to recognized the hour that they were living in, like when Jesus wept over Jerusalem, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest he prophets, and stones them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. Matthew 23: 37 The Jews did not know their hour of visitation; they did not know the hour in which they were living in. Back in the days of Noah when the flood came: when you read it reverently and with respect you will feel the heart beat of God, AND THEY KNEW NOT. The fact, that they knew not, and the same is with those that lived in the days of Lot, THEY KNEW NOT until fire came out of Heaven and destroyed them all. In this hour, it s the not knowing: there are people they don t have a clue to the hour that we are living in. 17

18 Like I said, there are conditions for the guests. The King which is Jesus Christ, went in and He checked them through to see if they have a wedding garment on. The wedding garment is simply your revelation; that you see things the way God sees it. First of all, that God sent a Message in this hour, and Baptism in Jesus Name. These are all conditions. If it wasn t, for the fact, that it reads that the King went in and found someone that had not on a wedding garment, if it would not be for that you would not really need those conditions. The Bible is not only the Word of God; Jesus said, the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. John 6:63 They are like law, like gravity, you can not get away from the Word of God, and when it says here that the King went in and found one without a wedding garment on; that is an actual occurrence, and there is going to someone there that actually makes it past the doorkeeper, but he could not get past the King, because He saw into the heart and He knew that this person did not have a revelation, so you have to have a revelation. That is why God has put us through this schooling and that is why nothing can move me away from, the fact, that God did sent a prophet to this Age. Back in the mid 90 s I wanted to go back to the colony and the Lord had me write a letter. In the letter, I wrote that God sent a Prophet, William Branham and they wanted me to recant it. The letter is on our website under what we believe and you can read it there. They wanted 18

19 me to recant it but I could not take it back because I knew that it was the truth. So I tried to reason with them, so I said, let s sit down and see if this isn't true. They were so set in their ways that you could not talk to them, you could not tell them anything. Who are you, you are nothing, you're just a trouble maker, who do you think you are that you think we would listen to you. I didn t recant the letter, its still there and it s still the truth and because of that they said, you have until sundown to get out of here, and if you don t get out of her we will get the sheriff after you. That s just the way is, it s not something that you have control over, if they want to kick you out then they will kick you out. What I m trying to say is, that s the price you are going to have to pay. We are living in that time frame, the world is falling apart. Jesus said, When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads: for your redemption draweth nigh. Luke 21:28 Who would not want someone to throw them a lifeline in this world, the way this world is now. Everything looks hopeless, you see ISIS coming in, Obama in the last 5 years has brought 37,000 muslim into the USA, and he has a purpose. They have this plan to take over the world, they are stationed across the country, they can just go into a colony and mow them down. We do not know have far God is going to let this thing go. Who would not want to be able to get out of this mess, this world is everything that is predicted in Matthew 24. It s just up the road here. Things are falling into place and are starting to happen and then 19

20 once that happens it goes into The day of the Lord where every island fled away and the mountains were not found. Revelations 16:20. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard. Isaiah 24:20 Who would not want for someone to throw them a lifeline and get an invitation and take advantage to go to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Who would not want that. That is what we are about, because the Lord dealt with me on Monday to have this conversation. We don t know how far this will go, but someone is going to hear it and know that there is hope. Like the song says, we hear a different sound. Jesus said, When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads: for your redemption draweth nigh. He warned us not to be worried with things that are going on all around us. There will be wars there will be rumours of wars, there will be all kinds of things going on. Jesus said, the very hairs of your head are numbered, but you see we have to be in that place IN HIM. You can t be out there having fun in the sun and be out there and expect the Lord to take care of us. We have to do our part. We have to be at a place were He can smile on us. We cannot go and indulge in all kinds of activities that are ungodly. We have to walk in the spirit. If you, walk in the Spirit you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. Galatians 5:16 What I am saying here there is an invitation and that invitation is now, to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. It s not just the Bride that s going. I have seen this for a long time but it s not until the last week or so that the Lord has 20

21 been dealing with me, to differentiate between the Bride and the Guests. The king did not find the Bride without the wedding garment. It was a guest that was found without a wedding garment on. So it is also required form the guests to meet certain requirements. You cannot expect to just float in there. I want to say this that amongst all the wars and the calamity that is going on there is a sound that we hear, that we have our ears toned to. All hope is not lost when this world is falling apart. In fact, it s a good time, the coming of the Lord is at hand. A different sound We hear about the wars, See famine in the land. There's questions in the Children's eyes, Trouble in the east again. The whole world is shaking, There's no sure place to stand. And mournful sounds are Heard throughout the land. CHORUS But I keep listening For a different sound. The sound of the city That John saw coming down. The sound of the Bride Being united with the Groom. I keep listening, I keep listening, 21

22 I keep listening for a different sound. I remember the preacher sayin' "Son, it shall come to pass, There will come a generation That will be the last." I can't believe I'm standing here, Seeing the end of time, And the preacher's voice, Echoing in my mind. CHORUS2 But I keep listening For a different sound. The sound of the city That John saw coming down. The sound of the Bride Being united with the Groom. The sound of the chorus, Singing, "Glory, to the Lamb." I keep listening, I keep listening, I keep listening for a different I believe that is the sound my dad heard. He was preaching about the coming of the Lord when I was still in Sunday school, years ago. A lot of people made fun of him. He told us not to put the crop in that year, that the Lord is coming. It s nothing to mock. Back in 63 a message came out, behold the bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet Him. That is what many people down through 22

23 time have heard. Up in Riding Mountain there was as man I think he was 70 years old, he was waiting for the coming of the Lord. These people were hearing that different sound. There is a sound of war in the land, but we are listening for that different sound. We have a lot of hope. When this world falls apart not all is lost. We are hanging unto the scripture because we have made our decisions in life, to walk in the spirit, we are going to follow the Lord. We have decided to follow Jesus and we are not turning back. We are not going to be intimated. I think one of the key things here is don t allow yourself to be intimated. Don t be ashamed of Christ. There is nothing to be ashamed of. It is something to be proud of. It is worthy to follow the Lord. It says, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. Revelations 19:9. 23